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Photos: Medgar Evers and Charles Evers honored by family, politicians
About 75 people gathered to honor the life of Medgar Evers on Saturday — exactly 58 years after he was assassinated at his home.
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His father was shot and killed. Now he’s in the Senate working to expand early release in Mississippi prisons.
State Sen. Juan Barnett, who was 20 when his father was killed, is now working to shorten the sentences of many Mississippi inmates.
Despite federal law, many domestic abusers keep their guns in Mississippi
Advocates say Mississippi women are in danger with no state law matching a federal law keeping domestic violence offenders from owning guns.
Immigrant agricultural workers sue Mississippi farm owner for visa fraud, unpaid wages
Two South African immigrants are suing a Mississippi farmer over an alleged bait-and-switch scheme and violated federal minimum wage laws.
‘I had faith that the system was going to protect her’: Law enforcement, advocates say abusers are under-charged in domestic violence situations
Law enforcement and domestic violence victim advocates in Mississippi say abusers committing felony-level assaults are largely being charged with misdemeanors.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, NAACP sue Donald Trump and Rudy Guiliani over Jan. 6 riot
The lawsuit argues that the former president and his lawyer violated the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act that protects against violent conspiracies that interfere with Congress.
A life taken and a childhood lost: The devastating effects of domestic violence
In Mississippi, domestic violence is handled with a disjointed response from law enforcement, prosecutors and courts that fails vulnerable people like Marsha Spears Harbour.
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